anyone dumb enough for this scam?

[chowderman]

PSA: recently had several of these - it is such a bad scam, but just-in-case anyone feels the need . . .
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Hi,

I have successfully managed to hack your operating system and currently I have gained full access to your device.

In addition, I was secretly monitoring all your activities and watching you for several months.
The thing is your device was infected with harmful spyware due to the fact that you had visited a website with porn content previously.
╭ ᑎ ╮

Let me explain to you what that entails. Thanks to Trojan viruses, I can gain complete access to your computer or any other device that you own.
It means that I can see absolutely everything in your screen and switch on the camera as well as microphone at any point of time without your permission.
In addition, I can also access and see your confidential information as well as your emails and chat messages.

You may be wondering why your antivirus cannot detect my malicious software.
Let me break it down for you: I am using harmful software that is driver-based,
which refreshes its signatures on 4-hourly basis, hence your antivirus is unable to detect it presence.

I have made a video compilation, which shows on the left side the scenes of you happily masturbating,
while on the right side it demonstrates the video you were watching at that moment..ᵔ.ᵔ

All I need is just to share this video to all email addresses and messenger contacts of people you are in communication with on your device.
Furthermore, I can also make public all your emails and chat history.

I believe you would definitely want to avoid this from happening.
Here is what you need to do - transfer the Bitcoin equivalent of 500 USD to my Bitcoin account
(that is rather a simple process, which you can check out online in case if you don't know how to do that).

Below is my bitcoin account information (Bitcoin wallet):
bc1qzm0lgr66nar4xh8yuk944casfenhak5vg5thhe

Once the required amount is transferred to my account, I will proceed with deleting all those videos and disappear from your life once and for all.
Kindly ensure you complete the abovementioned transfer within 58 hours (2 days +).
I will receive a notification right after you open this email, hence the countdown will start.

Trust me, I am very careful, calculative and never make mistakes.
If I discover that you shared this message with others, I will straight away proceed with making your private videos public.

Good luck!


/unquote

 

[Doc]

Oh yeah, I've seen that one multiple times. Delete it an move on.
Today I got 3 from intuit supposedly, saying they charged me 349 for a three year renewal. Who the H does 3 year renewals? LOL .... And they had an attachment on each email. All simply deleted. no charge anywhere on my accounts. Someone must fall for these else they would not waste their time I'd guess.

 

[power1]

I received one a while back. They said if I didn't send them money they would take control of my computer. I can't remember how much they wanted but thought if they took control I would spend the money to buy another computer instead of sending them money. The next time I turned my computer on they were gone.

 

[mla2ofus]

I've had 3 calls from 3 different poeple in two days telling me I have over $7k worth of credit card debt. I simply told each one in not nice terms I don't have that much debt and to get the f--k out of my life!!

 

[Lenny]

Why the f*** isn't the government trying to find these azzholes, instead of reading our posts???

 

[chowderman]

Lenny -

almost without exception the scams/frauds originate overseas - the 'actors' are overseas - where US has no authority to do anything about it.

there was one case quite some time back . . . a US guy was caught . . . he would pick-up the money orders from the scam in USA, send the money on to his overseas cohorts. at sentencing he complained loudly to the judge the proposed sentence was too harsh, since he only kept 10% of the scam money ., . . so the judge modified his sentence to 10% of 100 years.

that's the only time I've ever heard of scammers getting caught . . .

 

[Lenny]

Lenny -

almost without exception the scams/frauds originate overseas - the 'actors' are overseas - where US has no authority to do anything about it.

there was one case quite some time back . . . a US guy was caught . . . he would pick-up the money orders from the scam in USA, send the money on to his overseas cohorts. at sentencing he complained loudly to the judge the proposed sentence was too harsh, since he only kept 10% of the scam money ., . . so the judge modified his sentence to 10% of 100 years.

that's the only time I've ever heard of scammers getting caught . . .

I'm sure our country can work with other countries.....they do with other crimes. They would if the government and politicians were getting ripped off.
Information about your car registrations and home financers is open to the public and that is why I got something in the mail, with the name of my finance company in part of the heading, that said my insurance was about to expire and please renew it. I thought it was legit and gave them my bank account number. Then I found out it was fraud and had to open up another account. That company is in our country. The government wouldn't do a damn thing.